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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Otera Open
August 8 - 12, 2007

(11) Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain

Pablo Herrera Allepuz
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Castellon de la Plana

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

225

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$908,963.98

Raul Mesa
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 16, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaragoza

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

126

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Kristiansand 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$226,937.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	49	1	0	1	1	3	2	13	4	14	6	1	1	2	US$286,100.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,100.00
Overall	52	2	1	2	1	3	2	13	4	14	6	1	1	2	US$289,200.00

Previous Kristiansand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	18	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	24	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	15	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	16	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	21	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	16	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	12	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	11	4th	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	13	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	13	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/24-28/2006	Mexico Open	13	17th	120	US$3,000.00

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/9/2007	Winner 1	Fabien Dugrip / Gregory Gagliano, France (22, Q5)	Lost 17-21, 21-17, 10-15	0:56
Thu, 8/9/2007	Contender 1	Francisco Alvarez / Leonel Munder, Cuba (27)	Won 22-20, 22-20	0:46
Fri, 8/10/2007	Contender 2	Clemens Doppler / Peter Gartmayer, Austria (12)	Lost 25-23, 19-21, 13-15	1:06

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	1	4	1	0	$124,550.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	1	0	0	1	0	2	7	3	10	5	0	$146,800.00
Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,100.00
U21 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	52	2	1	2	1	3	2	13	4	14	6	0	$289,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Pablo Herrera												Raul Mesa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	0	0	$59,875.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$15,312.50
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$22,250.00	World Tour Finals
92	1	4	5	4	27	23	22	5	0	$502,975.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	1	0	3	6	10	7	0	$91,100.00
106	5	4	6	4	22	34	22	7	0	$316,300.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	65	1	0	0	1	3	20	18	11	0	$117,375.00
3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$1,600.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00	Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
225	7	12	12	8	57	64	49	12	0	$908,800.00	Total	126	2	1	2	1	9	30	32	19	0	$226,937.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2005	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	2	1	$52,400.00	18	22	45.0 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,100.00	5	0	100.0 %
2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	1	$34,700.00	14	15	48.3 %
2007	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	5	0	0	$74,800.00	22	25	46.8 %
Total	FIVB	34	0	0	0	1	2	1	8	2	10	6	4	$166,900.00	55	68	44.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,100.00	5	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Pablo Herrera													Raul Mesa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$8,000.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	$7,437.50
11	1	1	0	0	3	1	5	0	0	$37,375.00	2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$7,375.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	2	1	$26,200.00	2005	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	2	1	$26,200.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	1	$17,350.00	2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	2	$18,350.00
11	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	0	0	$37,400.00	2007	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	0	0	$37,400.00
51	2	2	1	1	6	12	16	7	4	$128,875.00	Total	Total	52	1	1	1	1	3	11	13	11	10	$99,312.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	57	61.3%	19	20.4%	17	18.3%	76-17	81.7%	17	17.2%	20	20.2%	62	62.6%	17-82	17.2%	57-62	47.9%	36-37	49.3%	1	0	94-99	48.7%
2006-2007	21	58.3%	9	25.0%	6	16.7%	30-6	83.3%	7	16.3%	12	27.9%	24	55.8%	7-36	16.3%	21-24	46.7%	16-18	47.1%	0	0	37-42	46.8%
Against the Field	24	61.5%	8	20.5%	7	17.9%	32-7	82.1%	9	17.3%	11	21.2%	32	61.5%	9-43	17.3%	48-62	43.6%	34-36	48.6%	1	0	42-49	46.2%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	1	18	15	0	0	11	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	38	33
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	22	28	1	1	0	1	1	0	52	59
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
Total	0	0	4	3	23	19	0	0	39	44	3	2	2	1	2	0	105	100

Head to Head Results
Herrera/Mesa trail the series against the field 22-32 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 13 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-5
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool N	Rego/Santos	1	Herrera/Mesa	24	21-14, 15-21, 16-14	0:55
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-15, 18-21, 15-9	0:48
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	2	Herrera/Mesa	15	21-15, 21-16	0:39
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 4	Rego/Santos	2	Herrera/Mesa	20	19-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:53
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-17, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 3-4
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Herrera/Mesa	15	22-20, 21-16	0:44
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Herrera/Mesa	21	Araujo/Magalhaes	7	21-16, 16-21, 17-15	1:01
5/27/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Herrera/Mesa	11	22-20, 16-21, 15-11	1:06
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 3	Herrera/Mesa	11	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	21-16, 21-16	0:49
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	13	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	21-18, 21-14	0:34
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Herrera/Mesa	26	21-16, 21-16	0:35
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Herrera/Mesa	14	18-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:57
Trail the series against # 3 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-2
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	Herrera/Mesa	12	21-9, 15-21, 15-13	0:48
5/27/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Bronze Medal	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	12	Herrera/Mesa	11	21-14, 21-17	0:50
Series tied with # 4 Wu/Xu, China 1-1
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 4	Herrera/Mesa	26	Wu/Xu	12	21-16, 21-17	0:40
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	8	Herrera/Mesa	25	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Herrera/Mesa	30, Q7	21-10, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-3
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	21	Baracetti/Conde	18	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:56
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	11	Herrera/Mesa	12	23-21, 21-17	0:44
8/5/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Baracetti/Conde	5	Herrera/Mesa	30, Q7	21-19, 21-17	0:42
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	2	Herrera/Mesa	31	21-13, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 8 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Herrera/Mesa	16	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17, Q1	22-24, 21-18, 15-12	1:01
Lead the series against # 9 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 5-1
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 4	Herrera/Mesa	11	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	21-16, 17-21, 16-14	1:03
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	Herrera/Mesa	13	21-18, 20-22, 15-11	0:54
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Herrera/Mesa	14	Kjemperud/Skarlund	21	22-20, 21-16	0:42
9/10/05	FIVB C&S	Madeira Challenger	Semi-Finals	Herrera/Mesa	2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	1	23-25, 10-21	0:40
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	20	Kjemperud/Skarlund	19	21-14, 17-21, 15-13	0:50
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	16	Kjemperud/Skarlund	17	24-22, 16-21, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # 12 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Doppler/Gartmayer	12	Herrera/Mesa	11	23-25, 21-19, 15-13	1:06
Trail the series against # 13 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-2
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	16	Herrera/Mesa	15	21-19, 21-12	0:34
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	18	Herrera/Mesa	31	21-12, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
Series tied with # 14 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-1
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-12, 17-21, 15-7	0:51
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	12	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21, Q1	21-15, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 15 Li/Zhou, China 0-1
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Li/Zhou	32	Herrera/Mesa	17	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 16 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-3
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	De Gruijter/Ronnes	18, Q2	Herrera/Mesa	15	21-11, 21-12	0:32
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Herrera/Mesa	13	24-22, 21-18	0:46
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q1	Herrera/Mesa	25	21-12, 21-18	0:48
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	20	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 18 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 0-2
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool N	Cadieux/Heese	25	Herrera/Mesa	24	21-15, 25-27, 15-9	1:21
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Cadieux/Heese	17	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-17, 23-21	0:52
Lead the series against # 19 Lione/Varnier, Italy 2-1
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	18	Lione/Varnier	27	21-14, 16-21, 15-12	0:58
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	12	Herrera/Mesa	28, Q5	21-16, 21-12	0:38
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool E	Herrera/Mesa	28, Q5	Lione/Varnier	12	21-17, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 20, Q4 Amore/Bizzotto, Italy 0-1
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Amore/Bizzotto	31, Q14	Herrera/Mesa	18	21-18, 23-21	0:45
Lead the series against # 21 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Herrera/Mesa	16	Goranson/Hoidalen	32	21-19, 21-13	0:41
Trail the series against # 22, Q5 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 0-1
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Dugrip/Gagliano	22, Q5	Herrera/Mesa	11	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:56
Trail the series against # 23 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-2
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Leinemann/VanHuizen	20	Herrera/Mesa	13	21-15, 21-15	0:37
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	13	Leinemann/VanHuizen	20	21-18, 15-21, 17-15	1:06
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 2	Leinemann/VanHuizen	16	Herrera/Mesa	15	17-21, 21-13, 15-11	1:07
Lead the series against # 24 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 1-0
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 1	Herrera/Mesa	13	Berg/Brinkborg	29, Q12	21-13, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 27 Alvarez/Munder, Cuba 1-0
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Herrera/Mesa	11	Alvarez/Munder	27	22-20, 22-20	0:46
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Herrera/Mesa	15	Ces/Ces	31, Q10	21-14, 18-21, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # Q1 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Herrera/Mesa	28, Q5	Pedrosa/Rosas	Q12	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # Q2 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	11	Lochhead/Pitman	22	22-20, 21-15	0:49